After leaving St.Augustine, we have been making our way North up the ICW... funny, it only took one day of travel in the ICW to turn the swim platforms a yellowish color.. needless to say , it's not the beautiful clear water of the Bahamas... but the ICW has her own beauty.. the birds, the porpoises and just the beauty of the shoreline with the marshes, etc... I missed seeing the Pelicans in the islands.. there were none..and very few porpoises ... but so many here... I'm loving it...
We had an issue with the generator and dropped anchor at Cumberland Island.. GodSpeed was still traveling with us.. so the boys worked on the SeaVeyor while Lorrie and I rowed over to the island to walk a little..the current was strong, so I'm sure it was a hoot to the boys and others in the anchorage to watch Lorrie and I try to get to and from the island!! ( thier motor was not on their dinghy at the time) Anyway, Lorrie and I made it and walked for about three hours.. Cumberland is a beautiful place, I had mentioned it in an earlier blog... We saw the ponys and the ruins, snakes, armadillos, and a flock of wild turkeys...Lorrie even climbed a tree....needless to say we were having fun (while the boys were working hard on the SV) Towards the end of our walk, my camera (Canon 5D) had a major issue.. the mirror detached! I was heartbroken.... but it can be fixed.. had to box it up and send back to Canon... this camera body has had this problem and they will stand behind it , thank goodness, and I should have it back by the time we reach Beaufort..
We made our way back to the boat and the boys had the problem solved and the part replaced... thank goodness for spare parts....
We pulled anchor and then made our way to St. Simons and stayed there for the evening... Along the way, we were under attack !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The attack of the Greenheads.. it was almost comical... we were swatting like mad .. and not even making a dent!! We passed a trawler that had an enclosed upper deck and Dwayne was trying to cut a deal to swap boats!! Ha!! they were laughing! The next day, we got smart.. sprayed each other down with bug spray and just let them fly around... that worked better... they have been with us the whole march to Georgetown, but not as bad as the first two days...
While at St.Simons, we got an appetizer from the restaurant at Golden Isles Marina.. SHRIMP. it was the first shrimp we had since we left Morehead back in November.. So good.. You could not find shrimp in the islands, unless it was a bag of farmraised ,frozen 30 count, nasty freezor burned shrimp.. you could get a 2lb bag for around $48.oo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We left out from St. Simons Island around 10am and caught up with GodSpeed , who had pulled anchor earlier, the tide was low and rising as we traveled thru Little Mud River.. another catamaran ahead of us was having problems and could not seem to get through this one spot.. they had turned around and were waiting to see what we would do... Dwayne took the SeaVeyor thru without any problems, but it was definitley skinny water.. the other catamaran followed our path and made it thru. and GodSpeed followed suit..... However, Pat and Lorrie on GodSpeed were not able to get thru another skinny spot in the Mud River and had to wait on the tide to rise... We turned around and came back to see if we could assist, but they opted to wait on the tide. . So , we continued on..While Pat and Lorrie were waiting on the tide to rise, another sailboat was approaching the skinny spot.. Pat tried to warn them by radio , but they did not respond.. He even waved at them with the radio in his hand, trying to get their attention... with no luck! Yep, they went aground!!! Pat thought they were French Canadians.. They came on the radio..(all wearing full Gill Offhore Suits ) and announced they were aground, but had a problem ..BUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Pat was rolling in the cockpit laughing at that statement.. obviously, the greenheads were a bigger issue than going aground! We dropped anchor in the Wahoo River around 4:30 and GodSpeed made it in around 6pm... We had a wonderful evening on the SeaVeyor.. steaks, potatoes, and salad.. (we ate inside the SeaVeyor--greenies still around) and planned our next leg of journey... our vessels were doing some weird dancing that nite in the current and wind, but all was OK..
The next day we made our way to Skull Creek, in the Hilton Head area, nice little anchorage. Had a pleasant evening.. the next morning we headed towards Beaufort, SC.. to dock at my favorite people in the whole wide world's dock.. TP and Susan.. got in a little after lunch and TP gave us their van and the tour of Beaufort again.. sent off my camera to Canon for repairs.. got a new shop vac.. and all was good!!!!!!!! Had a wonderful meal with them.. Next morning, we had breakfast with TP and Susan.. He makes the best baked eggs on the East Coast!! Got underway by10:30am.. and had a good day..made Wapoo Creek, just around the corner from the Charleston Mega dock, around 5:30pm... It was a very pretty spot , well protected from the ICW, not much room for multiple boats, but we were fine... The next morning we made our little trek to the Charleston Mega Dock . We worked all day on cleaning, inside and out, laundry etc... Darlene, Dwayne's sis, picked us up at the docks and we had a wonderful evening and meal with them...It was so good to see family and see how much Madison, our niece had grown into a lovely young lady... much like her Mom... She had played in two tennis matches and won them both!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was als0 my brothers' birthday, so enjoyed calling him and catching up.. he had just won a Best In Show for his 57 Chevy Truck in an antique car show!!!!!!!!!! All is Good!~
Ok, so from Charleston, we made our way to George Town, SC... Had a nice anchorage at the end of the town area.. had a restful nite.....
We pulled anchor around 8:30am and headed towards Little River/Calabash... Dwayne let me "drive" part of the way, and it was awesome,, although I think he stressed worse than I did.Ha!!!!!!!!!!! I gave the helm back to him , happily, and he made our way to Calabash... It was not the best of anchorages,, hard to find the right spot and the right holding...but we finally did. We dinghed in to the Calabash area to the restaurants.. When will we ever learn... We cook so much better ourselves.. needless to say , we were disappointed in the food.. should have just bought some fresh shrimp ( which we were craving ) Anyway, made it back to the SeaVeyor in less than an hour... we read some and crashed..
Next morning , we were off to Carolina Beach, to meet up with our dear friends Barry and Soula. Made good time and dropped anchor by 1:30pm.... Barry and Soula had already put their boat in to meet us, and we had a homecoming of sorts shortly there after!! After much needed showers, we dinghed in to shore and Soula picked us up to take us to their beautiful warm home! We had an outstanding meal of fresh Carolina Shrimp, Rib Eye Steaks, and some Shovel Nose Lobsters/aka Slipper Tails, her wonderful Tomatoe salad with Feta cheese( straight from her home land of Greece).... Whew... I'm still full!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We pulled anchor this am and made our way to Swansboro..... Morehead/Beaufort in our sights for tomorrow.............. Hopefully, my camera will be waiting on me there!!!
More news at 11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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